Taran Hourie Killam is an American actor and comedian. He first garnered attention for his brief stint on the Fox comedy series
MADtv during its seventh season between 2001 and 2002, followed by his wider success as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series
Saturday Night Live from 2010 to 2016. He has also appeared in other television series such as
Wild 'n Out,
The Amanda Show,
How I Met Your Mother,
New Girl, and in the main cast of
Single Parents. Killam is also known for his portrayal of a teen pop star in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie
Stuck in the Suburbs. He voiced the title character on the PBS children's cartoon series
Nature Cat.